Trending Signal

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Viral and pre-viral signal across search, social, tech, news, code, and prediction markets — Google Trends, X, Reddit, Hacker News, Techmeme, GitHub Trending, Polymarket. Scored by engagement velocity. Refreshed every 4 hours.

Snapshot: Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:04 GMT
7.8
viral
GitHubai40m ago

NVIDIA/OpenShell

OpenShell is the safe, private runtime for autonomous AI agents.

▲ 2,4562456/hrNVIDIA · OpenShell@NVIDIA
7.6
viral
Polymarketfinance40m ago

Steelers vs. Browns

In the upcoming NFL game, scheduled for October 1 at 8:15PM ET: If Steelers wins, the market will resolve to "Steelers". If Browns wins, the market will resolve to "Browns". If the game is postponed, this market will remain open until the g

▲ 1,356,619.8551356620/hrSteelers · Browns@Polymarket
7.3
viral
Polymarketfinance40m ago

Will there be no change in Fed interest rates after the October 2026 meeting?

The FED interest rates are defined in this market by the upper bound of the target federal funds range. The decisions on the target federal funds range are made by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. This market will resolve

▲ 800,866.888800867/hrFed@Polymarket
7.2
viral
GitHubai40m ago

DietrichGebert/ponytail

Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.

▲ 1,1941194/hrDietrichGebert@DietrichGebert
7.2
viral
Polymarketfinance40m ago

Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves

In the upcoming MLB game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves, scheduled for October 1 at 2:00PM ET: This market will resolve to "Philadelphia Phillies" if the Philadelphia Phillies win the game. This market will resolve t

▲ 658,598.815658599/hrPhiladelphia · Phillies · Atlanta@Polymarket
7.0
viral
Polymarketfinance40m ago

Will the U.S. invade Iran before 2027?

This market will resolve to "Yes" if the United States commences a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of Iran by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". For the purposes o

▲ 491,614.352491614/hrIran@Polymarket
6.9
viral
Polymarketfinance40m ago

Will Shakhtar Donetsk win the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League Championship?

This market will resolve according to the team that wins the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League Championship. If at any point it becomes impossible for a listed team to win the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League Championship per the rules of UEFA Ch

▲ 447,028.05447028/hrShakhtar · Donetsk · UEFA@Polymarket
6.9
viral
GitHubtech40m ago

mattpocock/skills

Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.

▲ 883883/hrSkills · Real · Engineers@mattpocock
6.8
viral
Polymarketfinance40m ago

Will Renan Santos win the 2026 Brazilian presidential election?

A presidential election is scheduled to take place in Brazil on October 4, 2026. This market will resolve according to the listed candidate that wins this election. This market includes any potential second round. If the result of this el

▲ 390,773.638390774/hrRenan · Santos · Brazilian@Polymarket
6.8
viral
Polymarketfinance40m ago

2026 Balance of Power: R Senate, R House

This market will resolve according to the party that wins control of the United States Senate and the party that wins control of the United States House of Representatives in the 2026 United States midterm election. A party wins control of

▲ 341,134.826341135/hrBalance · Power · Senate@Polymarket
6.7
viral
Polymarketfinance40m ago

LoL: Estral Esports vs LOS - Game 2 Winner

This market refers to the LoL Upper Bracket Final match between Estral Esports and LOS in the CBLOL Promotion Playoffs, initially scheduled for October 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET. This market will resolve to "Estral Esports" if Estral Esports w

▲ 302,309.733302310/hrLoL · Estral · Esports@Polymarket
6.6
viral
GitHubai40m ago

mvschwarz/openrig

Build your own network of agents from Claude Code, Codex and Pi: persistent teams with roles, shared context and owned work.

▲ 642642/hrBuild · Claude · Code@mvschwarz
6.6
viral
GitHubtech40m ago

heygen-com/hyperframes

Write HTML. Render video. Built for agents.

▲ 627627/hrWrite · HTML · Render@heygen-com
6.5
viral
Techmemeai⚡ Pre-viral1h ago

A look at two opposing perspectives on AI agent sandboxing: infosec says labs need better containment, AI alignment says sandboxes can't fully contain agents (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts ...)

0/hrMatthew · Green · Few@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemeai⚡ Pre-viral1h ago

California AG Rob Bonta issues an investigative subpoena to OpenAI, as part of a broader inquiry into cybersecurity incidents and risks related to its AI models (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)

0/hrCalifornia · Rob · Bonta@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemetech⚡ Pre-viral2h ago

Microsoft launches MAI-Transcribe-2-Streaming, a model for low-latency, real-time transcripts, and two new voice models, MAI-Voice-2.1 and MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash (Microsoft AI)

0/hrMicrosoft · MAI · Transcribe@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemetech⚡ Pre-viral2h ago

New Mexico asks a judge to order Meta to pay up to $40B after a jury found it willfully deceived customers, in what could be the biggest US court penalty ever (KRQE)

0/hrMexico · Meta · KRQE@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemegeopolitics⚡ Pre-viral2h ago

The US sanctions Russia-backed payment network A7, freezing its US assets and accusing it of enabling Iran and its proxy groups to evade western sanctions (Amy Mackinnon/Financial Times)

0/hrRussia · Iran · Amy@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemeai⚡ Pre-viral3h ago

Source: some of the information that the three OpenAI employees allegedly mishandled pertained to OpenAI's infrastructure architecture (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

0/hrOpenAI · Rachel · Metz@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemetech⚡ Pre-viral3h ago

Lyft agrees to pay $272.5M to settle California claims that it mislabeled drivers as independent contractors rather than employees between 2016 and 2020 (Daniel Wiessner/Reuters)

0/hrLyft · California · Daniel@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemeai4h ago

OpenAI launches two ChatGPT shopping features: a virtual try-on tool for clothing and accessories, and a Favorites feature to save products to a user's Library (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

0/hrOpenAI · ChatGPT · Favorites@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemetech5h ago

DoorDash pulls support for a GOP bill that would have limited DC's ability to write its own tax laws after widespread calls for locals to boycott the service (Martin Austermuhle/The Washington Sun)

0/hrDoorDash · GOP · Martin@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemeai5h ago

Anthropic urges Australia to consider "conditional approval" for Big Tech to train models on copyrighted works, giving copyright holders a choice to opt out (Josh Butler/The Guardian)

0/hrAnthropic · Australia · Big@Techmeme
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viral
Techmemeai6h ago

SoftBank made the final $10B investment in its $30B pledge to OpenAI's last funding round; source: Nvidia also made its final $10B investment in the round (The Information)

0/hrSoftBank · OpenAI · Nvidia@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemeai6h ago

A US judge dismisses Chegg and Penske lawsuits alleging Google violated antitrust law by forcing them to allow content in AI Overviews, reducing web traffic (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

0/hrChegg · Penske · Google@Techmeme
6.5
viral
Techmemetech6h ago

Strands Labs, AWS's experimental agent-development project, unveils Strands Decider 2B, a free, open-source Jev competitor fine-tuned from an Alibaba Qwen base (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

0/hrStrands · Labs · AWS@Techmeme
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viral
Techmemeai7h ago

Sources: Anthropic could start formal marketing for its IPO as soon as the week of November 9, putting it in line to begin trading before Thanksgiving (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

0/hrAnthropic · IPO · Thanksgiving@Techmeme
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viral
Techmemeai7h ago

Sony launches Quick Spectral Super Resolution, a "new performance tier of AI upscaling" for the standard PS5 developed in collaboration with AMD (Jay Peters/The Verge)

0/hrSony · Quick · Spectral@Techmeme
6.4
viral
GitHubai40m ago

pbakaus/impeccable

The design language that makes your AI harness better at design.

▲ 495495/hr@pbakaus
6.3
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GitHubfinance40m ago

obra/superpowers

An agentic skills framework & software development methodology that works.

▲ 455455/hr@obra
6.1
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GitHubtech40m ago

HunxByts/GhostTrack

Useful tool to track location or mobile number

▲ 368368/hrHunxByts · GhostTrack · Useful@HunxByts
6.1
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GitHubai40m ago

mksglu/context-mode

Context window optimization for AI coding agents. Sandboxes tool output (98% reduction), persists session memory, and enforces routing across 17 platforms via MCP + hooks.

▲ 362362/hrContext · Sandboxes · MCP@mksglu
6.1
viral
GitHubtech40m ago

pablostanley/yoinks

yoink any video from your terminal. no shady ads.

▲ 361361/hr@pablostanley
6.0
viral
GitHubai40m ago

earendil-works/pi

AI agent toolkit: unified LLM API, agent loop, TUI, coding agent CLI

▲ 298298/hrLLM · API · TUI@earendil-works
5.7
viral
GitHubtech40m ago

Friedrich-M/UniMate

[SIGGRAPH Asia 2026] UniMate: One Unified Model to Animate Diverse Skeletons

▲ 217217/hrFriedrich · UniMate · SIGGRAPH@Friedrich-M
5.6
viral
HNother5h ago

Pi 1.0

▲ 652💬 216171/hr@sergiotapia
5.4
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GitHubtech40m ago

tile-ai/tilelang

Domain-specific language designed to streamline the development of high-performance GPU/CPU/Accelerators kernels

▲ 163163/hrDomain · GPU · CPU@tile-ai
5.4
viral
GitHubtech40m ago

cursor/plugins

Cursor plugin specification and official plugins

▲ 150150/hrCursor@cursor
5.1
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GitHubtech40m ago

firebase/firebase-ios-sdk

Firebase SDK for Apple App Development

▲ 112112/hrFirebase · SDK · Apple@firebase
4.8
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HNai1d ago

Gemini 4 Argon

▲ 1,638💬 1,12279/hrGemini · Argon@bradleyg223
4.5
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HNother4h ago

The death of web development education

▲ 134💬 10264/hr@ibobev
4.5
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HNother8h ago

Clef: Open-weight decision models, and new RL fine-tuning platform

▲ 400💬 15462/hrClef · Open@jasondavies
4.3
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HNother4h ago

Automatic Transmission – a data-privacy study of connected vehicles

▲ 131💬 12854/hrAutomatic · Transmission@rafaelc
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HNother12h ago

Micron CEO Says Memory Supply Will Be Much Tighter in 2027 and 2028 Than in 2026

▲ 323💬 37646/hrMicron · CEO · Memory@speckx
4.1
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HNother14h ago

StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta

▲ 506💬 12144/hrStreetComplete@Snowly
4.1
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HNother5h ago

Pi Durable

▲ 186💬 1943/hrDurable@paulsmith
4.0
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HNgeopolitics13h ago

Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant

▲ 351💬 32240/hrReturning@rbanffy
4.0
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HNother8h ago

Git 3.0's upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake

▲ 177💬 20340/hrGit · SHA@chmaynard
4.0
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HNother9h ago

RIP, vector database

▲ 261💬 7537/hrRIP@razin
3.9
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HNother10h ago

Cops Can Bypass iPhone's Automatic Reboot to Get into Locked Phones

▲ 240💬 19136/hrCops · Bypass · Automatic@speckx
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HNother9h ago

Red Hat being phased out of existence?

▲ 175💬 9726/hrRed · Hat@amcclure
3.6
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HNother4h ago

SvelteKit 3

▲ 87💬 2426/hrSvelteKit@sampsn
3.5
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HNother12h ago

How to speed up the Rust compiler in September 2026

▲ 225💬 11225/hrRust@trickypr
3.5
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HNother9h ago

Figma restricts MCP access to whitelisted clients, excluding Pi

▲ 171💬 9625/hrFigma · MCP@thdr
3.5
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HNai12h ago

FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks

▲ 198💬 14525/hrFTC · OpenAI · Anthropic@dgellow
3.5
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HNother10h ago

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026)

▲ 85💬 26524/hr@whoishiring
3.4
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HNtech11h ago

Cloudflare K2: serverless event streams

▲ 186💬 7723/hrCloudflare@elffjs
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HNother10h ago

Various Projects Find Hidden SDR Capabilities in ESP32 Microcontrollers

▲ 152💬 2519/hrVarious · Projects · Hidden@nkw
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HNother2d ago

The last time my family was replaced by technology

▲ 319💬 62318/hr@megalomanu
3.2
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HNother4h ago

ArXiv's Updated Rate Limit Policy

▲ 60💬 1618/hrArXiv · Updated · Rate@50kIters
3.1
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HNother7h ago

Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests

▲ 83💬 3117/hrBez · Generating@nerdypepper
3.1
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HNai3h ago

Don't Be Fooled by this Summer of AI Hype

▲ 30💬 2016/hrDon · Fooled · Summer@jacquesm
3.1
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HNai7h ago

Vote on which of Hacker News' challenges for AI have been met

▲ 71💬 6916/hrVote · Hacker@stabbles
3.1
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HNother3h ago

CSS Bed: Classless CSS themes to use as starting points in web development

▲ 38💬 916/hrCSS · Bed · Classless@sea-gold
3.0
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HNai14h ago

GPT-Synopsys: Frontier Intelligence to Revolutionize Chip Design

▲ 164💬 9616/hrGPT · Synopsys · Frontier@giuliomagnifico
3.0
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HNother10h ago

RacketCon Is Saturday

▲ 121💬 3315/hrRacketCon@spdegabrielle
3.0
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HNother6h ago

Oxygen-deprived underwater zones may not be “dead zones” but clue to early life

▲ 72💬 315/hrOxygen@gumby
3.0
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HNother1d ago

The top secret URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites (2025)

▲ 298💬 15614/hrURSALA · RAQUEL · FARRAH@Bluestein
2.9
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HNother1d ago

A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal

▲ 376💬 16614/hr@rbanffy
2.9
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HNai4h ago

Show HN: Janus – Go binary that runs GGUF models via Vulkan on AMD/Intel/Nvidia

▲ 44💬 414/hrJanus · GGUF · Vulkan@Maverick617
2.8
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HNother1d ago

56k.rip – the 1996 dial-up internet experience

▲ 257💬 10712/hr@adunk
2.8
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HNother10h ago

Context Language Models

▲ 98💬 2312/hrContext · Language · Models@emersonmacro
2.8
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HNother4h ago

Using Opus 5.5 to discover a new eyewitness record of the dodo

▲ 36💬 212/hrUsing · Opus@benbreen
2.7
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HNother6h ago

Effect 4.0

▲ 42💬 2111/hrEffect@stevefan1999
2.7
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HNother1d ago

Before pixels: Modular industrial dashboards

▲ 283💬 5111/hrModular@leephillips
2.6
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HNother1d ago

Surprisingly complex waves reveal the brain's inner workings

▲ 248💬 9510/hrSurprisingly@ibobev
2.5
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HNother4h ago

Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly

▲ 28💬 99/hrRhun@vladcodes
2.5
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HNai9h ago

Identity Management for Agentic AI [pdf] (2025)

▲ 70💬 239/hrIdentity · Management · Agentic@cgeier
2.5
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HNother1d ago

5x faster Edge Functions: V8 isolates to Firecracker MicroVMs

▲ 226💬 1019/hrEdge · Functions · Firecracker@jbott
2.5
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HNother8h ago

Lightweight PDF parser with layout, tables, formulas and bounding boxes

▲ 67💬 79/hrLightweight · PDF@beatrizalmeidaf
2.5
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HNother8h ago

ParadeDB Search Performance Improvements

▲ 58💬 99/hrParadeDB · Search · Performance@craigkerstiens
2.5
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HNother19h ago

Suits Are Better Tech Than Modern Clothes

▲ 77💬 1619/hrSuits · Better · Tech@orphereus
2.4
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HNother10h ago

How to set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC for your sending domain

▲ 62💬 258/hrSPF · DKIM · DMARC@spy888
2.4
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HNother1d ago

Launch HN: Magnitude (YC S25) – Self-optimizing inference engine for agents

▲ 191💬 968/hrLaunch · Magnitude · S25@anerli
2.4
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HNother1d ago

What TLA+ can and can't check

▲ 238💬 478/hrTLA@b-man
2.3
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HNtech2h ago

Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video

▲ 7💬 18/hrApple@mikelgan
2.3
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HNother1h ago

A fifth of Swiss Alpine ice has vanished in five years

▲ 4💬 07/hrSwiss · Alpine@Teever
2.2
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HNai3h ago

Aweb – Communication for AI Agents

▲ 11💬 57/hrAweb · Communication · Agents@gurjeet
2.2
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HNother1d ago

Halfspace experimental IDE for solid modeling with distance fields

▲ 183💬 117/hrHalfspace · IDE@luu
2.1
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HNother10h ago

Polyedergarten: Garden of Paper Polyhedron Models

▲ 50💬 66/hrPolyedergarten · Garden · Paper@isaacimagine
1.9
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HNother2h ago

2026 International Utility Locate Rodeo

▲ 7💬 05/hrInternational · Utility · Locate@K7PJP
1.8
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HNai7h ago

Consumer AI Fatigue Is Overwhelming, Local Businesses Should Reconsider Use

▲ 24💬 64/hrConsumer · Fatigue · Overwhelming@PLenz
1.7
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HNgeopolitics1d ago

CHOMPI portable sampler instrument is now open-source (hardware and software)

▲ 103💬 304/hrCHOMPI@lashkari
1.7
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HNfinance7h ago

The GPU Black Market That Washington Can't Shut Down

▲ 22💬 44/hrGPU · Black · Market@ilreb
1.6
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HNother11h ago

Turbo Haskell

▲ 34💬 13/hrTurbo · Haskell@pjmlp
1.6
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HNai2h ago

California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents' hacking

▲ 3💬 03/hrCalifornia · OpenAI@sbulaev
1.5
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HNgeopolitics2h ago

Long-term nuclear waste warning messages

▲ 4💬 03/hrLong@dmschulman
1.3
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HNother5h ago

FLUX 3 Image

▲ 10💬 12/hrFLUX · Image@minimaxir
1.3
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HNai5h ago

Kcc, a C compiler built solo with an LLM on $100/month boot Linux kernel

▲ 7💬 42/hrKcc · LLM · Linux@temo_pacheco
1.3
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HNother3h ago

Tescreal

▲ 5💬 02/hrTescreal@xg15
1.2
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HNai4h ago

Show HN: Premortem – AI agents that red-team your startup idea

▲ 5💬 52/hrPremortem@ahoskins
1.1
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HNgeopolitics8h ago

Breaking the Cipher of the Napoleonic war briefing, unread for 217 years

▲ 12💬 02/hrCipher · Napoleonic@theanonymousone
1.0
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HNother1d ago

Los Alamos bets on ENIAC: Nuclear Monte Carlo simulations, 1947–1948 (2014) [pdf]

▲ 53💬 12/hrLos · Alamos · ENIAC@nill0
0.9
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HNother4h ago

Now That's an Impurity Story

▲ 5💬 01/hrImpurity · Story@dcminter
0.8
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HNtech4h ago

TurboNotes: Local-first Markdown notes, Turbo Pascal like looks, saves to GitHub

▲ 4💬 01/hrTurboNotes · Local · Markdown@vadepaysa
0.8
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HNother4h ago

Your folder structure has two jobs, but only does one

▲ 4💬 01/hr@alwaysDrafting